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JANE  DALZIEL  SPRUNT 
MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

UNDER  THE  DIRECTION 
OF  THE 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

•■  OF 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

OF  THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 


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in  2013 

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Executive  Committee 

James  Sprunt,    -  -   -   -   -   -   -  President.. 

B.  F.  Hall.,    -    -    -   -   -   -  Vice-President.. 

Jane  Dalziel,  Wood,.    -        -   -  Secretary. 
Louis  E.  Hall,   -  -   -   -   -   -   -  Treasurer. 

with 

W..H.  Sprun.t  and  Mus.  Anna  Sprunt  Munds* 


Children  and  Grand-children  and  Great 
Grand-children  of 

JANE  DALZIEL  SPRUNT 

Composing  the  Organization  on  the  25th 
of  April,  1907. 


Children  of 
Alexander  and  Jane  Dalziel  Sprunt. 

MARGARET  TANNAHILL, 
JAMES, 

MARY  KENNEDY, 
JOHN  DALZIEL, 
ALEXANDER, 
THOMAS  EDWARD, 
WILLIAM  HUTCHESON, 
ANNA, 

JANE  ISABELLA. 


Children  of 
Margaret  Tannahill  and  B.  F.  Hall. 

JAMES  SPRUNT, 
ALEXANDER  McDONALD, 
SUSAN  ELIZA, 
LOUIS  EDWARD, 
JOHN,  . 

JESSIE  DALZIEL, 
JAxNFE  SPRUNT. 


Children  of 
James  Sprunt  and  Luola  Murchison. 

JAMES  LAURENCE. 


Children  of 
Mary  Kennedy  Sprunt  and  Thos.  F.  Wood. 

JANE  DALZIEL, 
EDWARD  JENNER, 
JOHN  HUNTER, 
MARGARET  HALL, 
THOMAS  FANNING. 


Children  of 
John  Dalziel  Sprunt  and  Jane  Naismith. 

JEANETTA  MORRISON, 
JOHN  NAISMITH, 
ALEXANDER  DALZIEL, 
EDWARD  LAWRENCE, 
MARY  ELIZABETH, 
MARGARET  DOROTHEA, 
GERALD  HARPER. 
GEORGE  LINDSAY. 


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Children  of 


Alexander  Sprunt  and  Ellen  R.  Peck. 

JANE  DALZIEL, 
NELLIE  PEC:K, 
THOMAS  PECK, 
ALEXANDER,  Jr., 
JAMES. 


THOMAS  EDWARD  SPRUNT 
married 
AMANDA  Px\RSLEY. 


Children  of 
Wm.  Hutcheson  Sprunt  and  Bettie  Hamilton 

WALTER  PAYNE, 
ALEXANDER, 

WILLIAM  HUTCHESON,  Jr., 
JAMES  DALZIEL. 
DOUGLAS  HAMILTON, 


ANNA  SPRUNT 

married 
WA[.  U.  MUNDS. 


Grand-children  of 
Margaret  Tannahill  and  B.  F.  Hall 

Children  of 
Alex.  McDonald  and  Margaret  Hargrave. 

MARY  HARGRAVE, 
MARGARET  SPRUNT. 

Grand-children  of 
Alexander  Sprunt  and  Ellen  R.  Peck. 

Children  of 
Jean  Dalziel  Sprunt  and  James  White. 

NELLIE  PECK. 


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MINUTES  OF  FIRST 
MEETING  OF  JANE  DALZIEL  SPRUNT 
MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

On  the  25th  of  April,  1907,  all  the  children 
and  descendants  of  Jane  Dalziel  Sprunt  resid- 
ing" in  Wilmington  were  invited  to  meet  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  and  ^[rs.  B.  F.  Hall  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing'  a  Missionary  Society. 
The  following'  persons  were  present  : 
James  Sprunt,  Mrs.  Luola  M.  Sprunt,  B.  F. 
Hall,  Mrs.  Margaret  T.  Hall,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Wood,  T.  E.  Sprunt,  Mrs.  M.  P.  Sprunt,  W.  H. 
Sprunt,  Mrs.  B.  H.  Sprunt,  Mrs.  Anna  S. 
Munds,  Miss  Jane  D.  Wood,  Miss  Marg-aret 
H.  Wood,  Miss  Susan  E.  Hall,  A.  M.  Hall,  L.  E. 
Hall. 

Rev.  Alexander  Sprunt,  D.  D.,  of  Charles- 
ton, was  also  present,  and  opened  the  meeting' 
with  prayer. 

Mr.  Hall  nominated  Mr.  James  Sprunt  as 
Chairman  of  the  meeting".  Miss  Jane  Dalziel 
Wood  was  nominated  Secretary  pro  tern.,  and 
both  were  unanimousl}^  elected. 

Mr.  James  Sprunt  then  announced  the  ob- 
ject of  the  meeting".  He .  said  when  he  first 
heard  of  Jessie  Hall's  determination  to  g'o  as 
a  missionary,  he  thought  at  once  of  forming' a 
Society  to  be  ca.lled  the  Jane  Dalziel  Sprunt 
Missionary  Society,  which  should  assume  her 

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support,  and  the  support  of  ^my  of  his  mother's 
descendants  who  might  offer  themselves  as 
foreign  missionaries. 

The  Society  unanimous!}^  adopted  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws  prepared  by  Dr.  Sprunt 
and  Mr.  Hall,  and  then  proceeded  to  the  elec- 
tion of  officers. 

Mr.  James  Sprunt  was  nominated  as  Presi- 
dent, but  urged  the  election  of  Mr.  Hall,  the 
father  of  the  first  missionary  of  the  Societ}^ 
Mr.  Hall  declined  as  not  being  a  lineal  de-. 
scendant  of  Mrs.  Sprunt,  and  thought  it  proper 
that  at  least  the  first  President  should  be  one 
of  her  direct  descendants,  and  Mr.  James 
Sprunt  was  elected  President.  Mr.  B.  P.  Hall 
was  elected  Vice-President.  Miss  Jane  Dalziel 
Wood  was  elected  Secretary,  and  Louis  E. 
Hall  Treasurer.  It  was  decided  that  these 
officers,  together  with  two  members  of  the 
Societ}^  should  constitute  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. Mr.  W.  H.  Sprunt  and  Mrs.  Anna 
Sprunt  Munds  were  elected  as  the  two  other 
members. 

Mr.  Hall  nominated  his  daughter,  Jessie 
Dalziel  Hall,  to  be  the  first  missionary  of  the 
Society.  This  nomination  was  seconded  by  Dr. 
Sprunt  and  unanimously  carried  by  a  risiug 
vote.  Letters  were  received  from  Dr.  Chester, 
Secretary  of  the  Foreign  Missions  Committee 
of  the  Southern  General  Assembly,  inquiring 
about  the  financial  support  of  Miss  Hall  and 
as  to  her  accompanying  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas. 

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Grahrdii  on  their  return  to  China  in  the  FaH. 
Mr.  Jas.  Sprunt's  reply  to  these  letters  was 
also  read,  giving-  assurance  that  funds  for  her 
'  support  would  be  provided;  and,  it  appearing" 
from  Dr.  Chester's  letters  that  $400  would  be 
required  for  outfit  and  travelling"  expenses, 
the  Society  decided  to  provide  $1,000  for  the 
first  year's  expenses  and  salary. 

The  President  was  asked  to  notify  Miss 
Jessie  Dalziel  Hall  of  her  election,  also  to  in- 
form Dr.  Chester  and  advise  him  that  it  is  the 
wish  of  the  Society  that  she  should  return  with 
the  Grah?tnis. 

It  vvas  ordered  that  100  copies  of  the  Consti- 
tution and  By-Laws  be  prepared  and  a  suita- 
ble number  mailed  to  members  of  the  families 
and  to  Dr.  Chester,  Secretary  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. 

The  Secretary  was  directed  to  copy  in  a 
suitable  book  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  to 
be  subscribed  by  resident  memibers  at  once 
and  by  non-resident  members  as  opportunity 
offers. 

The  President  was  requested  to  provide  an 
eng-raved  certificate  to  be  issued  to  members. 

The  Society  adjourned,  subject  to  the  call 
of  the  Chairman. 


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CONSTITUTIO>^. 


PREAMBLE. 

Appreciating"  the  merciful  kindness  of  a 
Covenant  making"  and  a  Covenant  keeping- 
God;  and  devoutly  thankful  to  Him  for  a  pious 
ancestry  and  the  priceless  heritage  we  have 
received  through  our  parents:  and  in  grateful 
remembrance  of  the  consecrated  life  of  our 
mother  in  her  self  denial  for  us  and  her  loy- 
alty and  zeal  for  the  Master,  and  mindful  as 
we  are  of  her  heart's  desire  for  the  evang"eli- 
zation  of  the  heathen  world,  and  her.  readi- 
ness in  this  reg"ard  to  do  what  she  could,  we, 
her  children,  g-rand-children  and  g^reat  g-rand- 
children  do  constitute  ourselves  a  Society  to 
carry  out  the  purpose  of  her  heart,  as  far  as 
in  us  lies,  that  she  being-  dead  may  yet  speak. 

ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

The  name  of  the  Society  shall  be  The  Jane 
Dalziel  Sprunt  Missionary  Society. 

ARTICLE  II. 

membership. 

All  direct  descendants  of  Jane  Dalziel  Sprunt 
shall  be  members  of  the  Society,  and  all  hus- 
bands and  wives  of  her  descendants  shall  be 
elig-ible  to  membership. 

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ARTICLE  ILL 


OBJECT. 

The  object  of  this  Society  shall  be  in  gen- 
eral to  maintain  the  cause  of  Missions  in  for- 
eign lands;  and  in  particular,  to  sustain  in  the 
mission  field  any  and  all  descendants  of  Jane 
Dalziel  Sprunt  who  ma}^  be  commissioned  as 
foreign  missionaries.  The  missionaries  of  the 
Society  and  their  work  shall  be  under  the  gov- 
ernment and  supervision  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, Vice-President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

ARTICLE  V. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  Constitution  may  be  changed  by  the 
consent  of  a  majority  of  the  resident  mem- 
bers of  the  Society. 


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BY-LAWS. 


ARTICLE  I. 
MEETINGS. 

E'feeting's  of  the  Society  may  be  held  at  any 
time  at  the  call  of  the  President  or  three 
adult  members  of  the  Society.  An.  annual 
meeting"  shall  be  held  in  March. 

ARTICLE  II. 

QUORUM. 

Ten  (10)  adults,  members  of  the  Society,, 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction, 
of  business. 

ARTICLE  III. 

DUES. 

The  revenue  of  the  Society  shall  be  derived 
from  voluntar}^  subscriptions,  the  amount  re- 
quired to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  Society  be- 
ing" divided  into  shares  of  One  Dollar  each. 
These  subscriptions  shall  be  paid  in  semi-an- 
nual installments  in  May  and  October.. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  pre- 
side at  the  meeting"s  of  the  Society  and  to  act 
as  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
which  shall  consist  of  the  President,  Vice- 

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President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  two 
others  appointed  by  the  Society.  The  Vice- 
President  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the 
President  in  his  absence  or  inability  to  serve. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  an  accurate  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Society. 

The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  disburse 
all  the  funds  of  the  Society  according"  to  the 
directions  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Society,  notifying-  each  member  of  the  time  of 
the  semi-annual  payments  of  their  subscrip- 
tions. 

ARTKJLE  V. 

TERM  OF  OFFICE. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  elected 
for  one  year. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Amendments  to  these  By-Laws  may  be  Made 
with  the  consent  of  the  majority  of  the  resi- 
dent members  of  the  Society. 


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